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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Gebet
 (Sung text for setting by J. Fehnenberger)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG ENG
Herr, den ich tief im Herzen trage, sei du mit mir!
Du Gnadenhort in Glück und Plage, sei du mit mir!
Im Brand des Sommers, der dem Manne die Wange bräunt, 
Wie in der Jugend Rosenhage sei du mit mir; 
Behüte mich am Born der Freude vor Übermuth, 
Und wenn ich an mir selbst verzage, sei du mit mir.
Gieb deinen Geist zu meinem Liede, daß rein es sei,
Und daß kein Wort mich einst verklage, sei du mit mir. 
Dein Segen ist wie Thau den Reben; nichts kann ich selbst, 
Doch daß ich kühn das Höchste wage, sei du mit mir, 
O du mein Trost, du meine Stärke, mein Sonnenlicht, 
Bis an das Ende meiner Tage sei du mit mir!

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".

Modernized spelling would require changing "Übermuth" to "Übermut", "Gieb" to "Gib", "Thau" to "Tau", etc.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jos. Fehnenberger , "Gebet", op. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Gebet", appears in Juniuslieder, in Vermischte Gedichte

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "Prayer", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sarah Hoffman) , "Prayer", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Jeffrey Williams) , "Prayer", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , John H. Campbell , Jeffrey Williams [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 130

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